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Why did Linus start developing Linux when he could have just contributed to FreeBSD which already existed?
No, it didn't. FreeBSD didn't exist until 1993. 386BSD wasn't until 1992. Linus has said that if a free, unencumbered BSD for PCs existed in 1991, he indeed would not have made Linux.
Well I'm an idiot then.
Lol, https://gondwanaland.com/meta/history/interview.html if you want to read more.